The Vatican is currently hosting The Second International Vatican Adults Stem Cell Conference. Regenerative Medicine: A Fundamental Shift in Science and Culture Hope I can get to present Andy & Sofia story at the Vatican someday.
Savior Siblings – PGD
Postura del Magisterio de la Iglesia Católica
Estimado Sr. Trevino, Agradezco su correo y paso a responderle. En primer lugar, aclararle que yo no tengo la posibilidad de facilitarle la forma en la que pueda presentar lo que me expone en su correo en el Vaticano. Por otra parte, sin juzgar en absoluto la decisión que ustedes tomaron ni al sacerdote que…
Home News Top Stories How baby born against all odds will save his brother’s life by Katie Evans
How baby born against all odds will save his brother’s life by Katie Evans, Sunday Mirror 21/08/2011 Every child’s birth is a miracle to their mum and dad. But few arrivals are quite as miraculous as that of Samantha and David McDowell’s baby Ethan – who will save the life of his brother Alex, four. Alex suffers…
Stem cell ‘designer baby’ helps to cure sick brother via Herald Sun
A SERIOUSLY-ill child whose parents had a “designer baby” in a bid to cure him has completely recovered, his parents said today. Charlie Whitaker was born with Diamond Blackfan Anaemia (DBA), a rare condition which prevented his body from making red blood cells, The (London) Daily Telegraph saidd. His parents, Jayson and Michelle, were told the only cure for…
German Ethics Council votes in favor of test-tube embryo screening
Source ETHICS | 08.03.2011 German Ethics Council votes in favor of test-tube embryo screening Screening could save heartache for couples predisposed to disorders Genetic screening of test-tube embryos has been the subject of hot debate for months in Germany. The German Ethics Council has narrowly voted in favor of allowing the test a week before parliament…
Making a book
Bébé du double espoir
France’s First Baby Born To Treat Siblings With Genetic Disorder Umut Talha’s name means “our hope” in Turkish, and his birth brought some much needed good fortune into the lives of his siblings. The infant, born January 26th of this year, is France’s first reported case of a child being conceived with in vitro fertilization…
Germany bans pre-screening of an embryo via Deutsche Welle
Christian Democrats vote in favor of embryo screening ban The CDU voted to oppose the pre-screening of an embryo in order to check for diseases Chancellor Merkel’s CDU party has voted to ban pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, which could detect serious illnesses in embryos. The party also wants to introduce stricter rules for foreigners who…
Pope talks about Dignitas Personae
Here’s the news I received regarding the Pope. I can speak for families like mine that face life threatening decisions and depend on world changing biomedical research. I’ve seeked for the truth and respecfully disagree with most of the content of the Dignitas Personae document. Amen
USA Today – Embryo genetic screening controversial – and successful
Article about Molly & Adam Nash with quotes Oleg Verlinsky who is now running the Reroductive Genetics Institute in Chicago after his father Yury passed away last June. Yury gave us a dicount to do the PGD lab setup for NEMO in his Lab. USA Today article here.